Oct 03, 2025

Sheriff: Wanted suspect caught at KC hotel after hiding for weeks

Posted Oct 03, 2025 1:00 AM
Lancaster photo Cass Co. Sheriff
Lancaster photo Cass Co. Sheriff

KANSAS CITY — A suspect who hid from law enforcement for nearly a month after running from a high speed chase in custody.

Just after 4 p.m. Wednesday, the Cass County Sheriff’s Office Criminal Apprehension Unit and the United States Marshals Service Fugitive Task Force arrested 28-year-old Dylan Lancaster of Kansas City, according to a media release.

Lancaster photo Cass County
Lancaster photo Cass County

Lancaster is charged with three felonies and two misdemeanors related to a pursuit last month.

On September 3, he Missouri State Highway Patrol identified the vehicle Lancaster was driving as stolen. This initiated a pursuit which ended near E 219th Street and State Route YY in Belton, where Lancaster ran from the vehicle.

Deputies were unable to locate him that day. Then on Wednesday, deputies and U.S. Marshals arrested him at a hotel near N. Corrington Avenue and 43rd Steet in Kansas City.

 Lancaster is being held on without bond on charges of Tampering With Motor Vehicle - 1st Degree; Aggravated Fleeing A Stop Or Detention and Property Damage.

The misdemeanors are Operating A Motor Vehicle In A Careless And Imprudent Manner and Leaving the Scene Of Accident (Class A).

Lancaster also violated his parole in Missouri. The Kansas City Missouri Police Department and the Jackson County Drug Task Force assisted with the apprehension of Lancaster as well.